As Ramadan continues internationally and right here in Nashville’s Muslim group, the 11:11 Artwork Collective and the Nashville Radical Library are providing a recurring Queer Ramadan occasion for the LGBTQ Muslim group to look at the holy month.
11:11 Artwork Collective is an in-home artwork area for queer, BIPOC and disabled artists, and the Nashville Radical Library offers radical literature within the Nashville group. The teams’ weekly Queer Ramadan occasions add to the listing of organizations and eating places celebrating and adjusting hours for Ramadan and providing iftar dinners in Nashville. The purpose of the Queer Ramadan occasions is to create an area for the LGBTQ group to really feel accepted whereas studying extra about their religion and deepening their non secular information in the course of the holy month.
On Feb. 21, they hosted their first group iftar with an introduction to Taraweeh prayer. The Taraweeh prayer is a voluntary nightly prayer carried out after the Isha prayer. This includes praying in models known as rak’ahs, and the chance to recite the Quran. For Muslims, Taraweeh prayer permits Muslims to hunt forgiveness to pardon previous sins, and it additionally permits them to attach additional with Allah.
Iftar dinners at eating places together with Edessa and Center Eatz supply alternatives for reflection
Further occasions are scheduled all through the month. This Sunday, March 1, the 11:11 Artwork Collective will host a Sufi poetry occasion beginning at 5 p.m. A style of poetry that enables artistic expression associated to mysticism and non secular experiences, Sufi poetry is rooted from Sufism, a non secular apply inside Islam. There might be a meal to share because the group recites poetry.
Future occasions embody a Dhikr on March 7 at 5 p.m. This occasion will supply and introduce a Sufi communal gathering and worship as they break their quick. Dhikr Circles is a gathering by prayer, chants and particular inhaling remembrance of Allah.
On March 14 at 5 p.m., the organizations will host guided meditation occasions. They’ll information attendees by mediation, journaling and henna, making a reflective expertise throughout Ramadan.
For extra data and to enroll in an occasion, go to 11:11 Artwork Collective or Nashville Radical Library on Instagram.
